Brown v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

Appellant, Karen Brown, appeals the Court of Appeals’ reversal of the Fayette Circuit Court’s grant of her RCr 11.42 motion. The motion argues that her counsel, Julius Rather, provided ineffective assistance to her during her trial for the murder of Michael Turpin. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm the Court of Appeals.

I. Facts and Procedural History

In February 1986, the body of Michael Turpin was found in a pond at the Lakeside Golf Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Michael had been stabbed multiple times. His wife Elizabeth Turpin, Keith…